Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools by: Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum
Book Study
Reader's Response
Chapter 1 New World, New Web, New Skills
Chapter 2 Students and Learning
Chapter 3 New Tools
"It is important to ask: Who will be prepared for the
new world? Who will have the technological and thinking
skills needed for the 21st century? And how can we help them
prepare?" (chapter 1) - We need to realize we are preparing students
for jobs that might not even exist yet. The more technology we can
introduce them to, the better of they will be when they leave us.
"Students come to school knowledgeable
about the Web and its potential, are comfortable
using it, and expect learning in school to be more
like learning on their own." (chapter 2) - Most of our students are
already using this technology. We should embrace it and use it to
our benefit in order to reach our students.
Chapter 3, pages 73-75 - great websites and innovative ideas :)
Chapter 4 New Tools in Schools
Chapter 5 Professional Development
Chapter 6 Leadership and New Tools
Chapter 7 Online Safety Security
Chapter 8 Systemic Issues
Chapter 9 New Schools
Assume: Everyone has the software and the access to the internet at school/home. Agree: ESOL students benefit greatly from the use of technolgy - especially the kind that provides meaningful engagement with the English language. Also with ESE students - that they have a greater need for using technology.
And $100 laptops :) page 166 Argue: Internet safety should be the parent's responsibility. At home is where they have unstructured internet time. At school, it is very structured and limited to certain websites/programs. Aspire to: Having laptops for all of my kids and using those primarily for our classwork. Also using them for remediation for my ESE/ESOL students, while other students are using them for enrichment.
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Chapter 2 Students and Learning
Chapter 3 New Tools
new world? Who will have the technological and thinking
skills needed for the 21st century? And how can we help them
prepare?" (chapter 1) - We need to realize we are preparing students
for jobs that might not even exist yet. The more technology we can
introduce them to, the better of they will be when they leave us.
"Students come to school knowledgeable
about the Web and its potential, are comfortable
using it, and expect learning in school to be more
like learning on their own." (chapter 2) - Most of our students are
already using this technology. We should embrace it and use it to
our benefit in order to reach our students.
Chapter 3, pages 73-75 - great websites and innovative ideas :)
Chapter 5 Professional Development
Chapter 6 Leadership and New Tools
Chapter 8 Systemic Issues
Chapter 9 New Schools
Agree: ESOL students benefit greatly from the use of technolgy - especially the kind that provides meaningful engagement with the English language. Also with ESE students - that they have a greater need for using technology.
And $100 laptops :) page 166
Argue: Internet safety should be the parent's responsibility. At home is where they have unstructured internet time. At school, it is very structured and limited to certain websites/programs.
Aspire to: Having laptops for all of my kids and using those primarily for our classwork. Also using them for remediation for my ESE/ESOL students, while other students are using them for enrichment.
Chapter 8 Systemic Issues
Chapter 9 New Schools